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Sphalerite from
Thirty Island Zn occurrence, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thirty Island Zn occurrence, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1531122
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1531122:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘHickey-Murphy Lead Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘFrontenac Lead Mine (Frontenac Draper Lake Mine), Loughborough Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘWilkinson prospect, Hinchinbrooke Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘLong Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
22.1km (13.8 miles) ⓘSlave Lake deposit, Sheffield Township, Stone Mills Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘSt. Lawrence deposit, Leeds Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘRogers Mine (Nobles Bay Mine), North Burgess Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
39.5km (24.5 miles) ⓘSpry prospect, Kaladar Township, Addington Highlands Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
40.0km (24.9 miles) ⓘLong Point prospect, Lansdowne Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘEmery prospect, Kennebec Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
References
Peck, W. H., Rathkopf, C. A., Mathur, R. D., & Matt, P. D. (2022). Stable isotope (C, O, S, and Zn) geochemistry of marble-hosted exhalative zinc deposits in the Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province, Canada: Insights into ore deposition and tectonic setting. Ore Geology Reviews, 105057.
 
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